The Quakers of Color International Archive For Quaker Schools, Educators, Students, and Scholars Conceived in 2019 by Dr. Harold D. Weaver Jr., the QCIA is a unique, multi-media study-and-research collection documenting the lives of Friends of Color from Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, and North America. These videotaped interviews and transcriptions are available to educators, students, scholars, and the general public online, via our host and exhiboitor Haverford College Library Quaker & Special Collections. Interviews Joyce Ajlouny Palestinian American, Bethesda Friends Meeting. Interviewer: Cooper Vaughn (6 May 2025) Email hccirc@haverford.edu for access! Francisco Burgos Dominican American. Harrisburg Friends Meeting. Interviewed by Cooper Vaughn on 10 April 2025 Watch & Read Online at HC Library Oskar Castro Puerto Rican, Central Philadelphia Monthly Meeting. Interviewer: Cooper Vaughn (2 April 2025) Watch & Read Online at HC Library Joan Countryman African American, Germantown Friends Meeting. Interviewed by Emma Lapsansky-Werner (29 June 2019) Watch & Read Online at DuBois Library Debby Flack Caribbean British, Godalming Quaker Meeting, UK. Interviewed by Cooper Vaughn on 28 July 2025 Ayesha Imani African American, Ujima Friends Meeting and Chestnut Hill Monthly Meeting. Interviewer: Emma Lapsansky-Werner 22 April 2022. Harold D. Weaver Jr. African American, Wellesley Friends Meeting Interviewer: Robert F. Cox (26 August 2019) Watch & Read Online at DuBois Library Kenneth A. Oye Japanese American, Wellesley Friends Meeting. Interviewed by Harold D. Weaver Jr. on 9 December 2020 Watch & Read Online at DuBois Library Carolyne Lamar Jordan African American, West Falmouth Friends Meeting. Interviewed by Harold D. Weaver Jr. on 19 January 2021 Watch & Read Online at HC Library Maurice Gray Eldridge African American. Swarthmore Friends Meeting. Interviewed by Emma Lapsansky-Werner (22 January 2021) Watch & Read Online at DuBois Library Paula Rhodes African American, Mountain View Friends Meeting. Interviewed by Emma Lapsansky-Werner on 17 August 2022 June 2019 Watch & Read Online at HC Library Hezron Masitsa Kenyan, Nairobi Yearly Meeting. Interviewed by Cooper Vaughn on 3 April 2025 Watch & Read Online at HC Library Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge Indigenous South African, Cape Western Monthly Meeting. Interviewed by Harold D. Weaver Jr. 18 June 2020 | 25 June 2020 Watch and Read Online at UMass Amherst (Part 1 & Part 2 ) Dwight Wilson African American, Ann Arbor Friends Meeting. Interviewed by Harold D. Weaver Jr. on 29 July 2022 Lauren Brownlee African American Bethesda Friends Meeting Interviewer: Cooper Vaughn (7 May 2025) Watch & Read Online at HC Library Emma Condori Mamani Aymaran, Santidad Amigos Yearly Meeting. Interviewer: Harold D. Weaver Jr. (6 August 2019) Watch & Read Online at DuBois Library Interview Brian Corr African American, Friends Meeting at Cambridge. Interviewer: Harold D. Weaver Jr. (11 November 2022) Watch & Read Online at DuBois Library Rashid Darden African American, Friends Meeting of Washington. Interviewer: Cooper Vaughn (27 May 2025) Watch & Read Online at HC Library Dancan Sabwa Kenyan, East Africa Yearly Meeting North. Interviewed by Harold D. Weaver Jr. on 6 August 2019 Watch & Read Online at DuBois Library Diane Rowley African American, Atlanta Monthly Meeting. Interviewer: Cooper Vaughn (22 April 2025 | 7 June 2025) Watch & Read Online at HC Library James Varner African American, Orono Monthly Meeting. Interviewer: Harold D. Weaver Jr. (26 August 2019) Watch & Read Online at DuBois Library Lawrence M. Jordan African American, West Falmouth Friends Meeting. Interviewed by Harold D. Weaver Jr. on 14 January 2021 Watch & Read Online at DuBois Library Clinton Petttus African American, Interviewed by Cooper Vaughn on 17 July 2025 Watch & Read Online at HC Library Keith Harvey African American, New England Yearly Meeting of Friends Interviewed by Harold D. Weaver Jr. on 21 November 2022 Samuel Chi-Yuen Lowe Chinese American, Framingham Friends Meeting. Interviewed by Harold D. Weaver Jr. on 12 December 2022 Watch & Read Online at HC Library Philip Lord African American, Ujima Friends Meeting and Chestnut Hill Monthly Meeting. Interviewed by Harold D. Weaver Jr. on 21 April 2022 Watch & Read Online at HC Library Niyonu Spann African American, Chester Friends Meeting. Interviewed by Mary Crauderueff on 27 July 2022. Watch & Read Online at HC Library Jean Mikhail Zaru Palestinian, Ramallah Friends Meeting. Interviewed in Ramallah, Palestine, by Max Carter on 29 June 2019 Watch & Read Online at HC Library Our Clients

Havana, Cuba | March 2017 Returning to Cuba for the first time since 1988, Hal was in Havana to discuss collaboration between his Quaker ministry, The BlackQuaker Project, and both the Cuban Quaker Peace Center and the Martin Luther King, Jr., Center, both in Havana. The first: to draw upon Quaker testimonies of Truth, Equality, Peace, and Justice to offer workshops to Cubans on the lives of Afro-Cubans, including the impact of slavery in colonial Cuba and on contemporary Cuba and the second: to discuss translating and publishing in Spanish our collective anthology, BLACK FIRE: AFRICAN AMERICAN QUAKERS ON SPIRITUALITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS (edited with Paul Kriese, Steve Angell, and Anne Steere Nash.) We are still hoping to reach an agreement with both organizations. Hal did not know what to expect in a Havana he had not experienced in 28 years, previously there in roles as transnational actor using film and tourism to aid international understanding and peace. Fidel, who had hosted a reception that Hal attended with other guests at the 1985 New Latin American Cinema Festival, was no longer there. However, Hal was happy to find that several of the major ideals and accomplishments of the Revolution seemed to be still functioning: the most comprehensive, free universal health-care system--and purportedly the best-- in the Americas; the Cuban Film Institute, which pioneered, in the 1970’s, the international truth-telling movement in films about the nature of chattel slavery in the Americas, in contrast to Hollywood’s romanticizing this exploitative phenomenon; and a free education system that has produced the highest literacy rate in the Americas. Disappointing: witnessing in the tourism industry, in particular, the return of the color bias prominent before 1960. Reuniting with Afro-Cubans in film and scholarship was a highlight of this 10-day sojourn, complementing the meetings exploring collaboration, allowing a slightly better understanding of Cuba, domestically and internationally. A big surprise: encountering at the Quaker Meeting in Havana students and administrators visiting from Westtown School, our Alma Mater.

RELATED PROJECTS The China-Africa-Russia Project This project studies and facilitates training and education programs between African countries on the one hand and China, Russia, and USA on the other hand. The BlackFilm Project The BlackFilm Project is an independent, transnational, non-profit cultural and educational organization dedicated to using film and other visual media and moving images to foster understanding, respect, and appreciation of the people, cultures, and societies of Africa and the African Diaspora, past and present. To carry our mission, we are committed to developing and implementing programs and festivals at universities, schools, museums, libraries, and other non-theatrical venues in the Americas, in Europe, in Asia, and in Africa. We are interested in improving the quality of Film, African American, African-Diasporic, Transnational, and Educational Studies throughout the world, both for the general public and for specialized, university audiences. Worldwide Collaborators and Clients as Lecturer, Programmer, Curator, and Consultant Harvard University Yale University Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), New York University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Madison Ohio State University University of Redlands, CA College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, ME Weber State University, Utah University of Chicago University of Washington, Seattle University of Pennsylvania Temple University Howard University Virginia Union University Clarke-Atlanta University Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA Denver International Film Festival University of Colorado - Denver University of Denver DePaw Univeristy Princeton University Haverford College, PA Rutgers University, New Brunswick Rutgers University, Newark Rutgers University, Camden Goddard College, VT Talladeega College, AL Vorhees College, SC Harvard Film Archive Bowdoin College, ME Boston University Vermont International Film Festival New Orleans International Film Festival Black Film Festival, Newark, NJ USA Beijing Film Academy Beijing University Zhejiang Radio and TV University Sichuan University Guangzhou Foreign Studies University National Chiao Tung University (National Jiao Tong University), Taiwan Xi-an Quijiang Film and TV Investment (Group) Ltd., Xian American Studies Association annual meetings, Guangzhou and Kunming Beijing USA College of English, "Beijing USA Film Festival" Beijing Foreign Languages and Culture University Beijing Foreign Studies University Zhejiang Normal University GREATER CHINA United Nations, New York UNESCO, Paris University of Liverpool, UK University of Muenster, Germany University of Paris VIII-Vicennes/St. Denis, France McGill University, Canada Amiens International Film Festival, France Festival des 3 Continents, Nantes, France Zanzibar International Film Festival, Tanzania FESPACO (Pan-African Film Festival), Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso Carthage International Film Festival, Tunisia African Film Festival, Montreal, Canada Laval University, Quebec City, Canada Commenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia University of Montreal, Canada University of Toronto, Canada McMasters University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada TADIA International Conference on the African Presence in Asia, Goa, India University of Dakar, Senegal Sir Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada Dapper Museum, Paris Afro-Caribbean Festival, Veracruz, Mexico African Film Festival, Carlow, Ireland Nordic Art School, Kokolo, Finland Polytechnic University, Finland European Committee on African American Research (CAAR), UK and Germany Quai Branly Museum, Paris Various universities in Turkey, Germany University of Innsbruck, Austria European American Studies Association, University of Graz, Austria Festival Afro-Caribeno, Veracruz, Mexico CIDOC (Ivan Illich), Cuernavaca. Mexico 50th Anniversary Conference, First World Festival of Black Arts, Dakar, Senegal INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND EUROPE, AFRICA, ASIA, and THE AMERICAS: Paul Robeson House Story Paul Robeson House Story - Dr. Harold Weaver 00:00 / 00:00

Istanbul | November 2017 Hal went on to eye-opening Istanbul for lectures on “Black Fire: An African American Scholar-Activist in a White-Supremacist Society,” part of a popular series of English-language “Farabi Talks” at Medipol University, and, later, “Ousmane Sembene and the African Cinema of Contestation” at the Istanbul Design Center, a specialized institute in the arts where important political events had taken place. Of course, the people, the architecture, and the preservation of history were as beautiful as imagined before arriving. What was surprising was the keen interest in his topics, allowing him to engage with Turkish scholars, for example, who had written Masters theses in African and African American Studies on author James Baldwin and on African author-cineaste, Ousmane Sembene. While there is no organized academic program in African or African American Studies in Turkey, it seems that there is expanding interest in that field of academic study. Hal continues to mentor a couple of Ph.D. candidates in African and African American Studies. It appears that this will not be his last sojourn there. Also, surprising to Hal were the political and ideological tensions in Turkey between those who wish to continue close relations and identification with the West, including Turkey’s current membership in NATO, and those wishing closer ties with the East, including the Islamic world, Russia, and the former Soviet republics in Central Asia and the Caucasus Mountains. The decolonization movement seems very much alive. It is difficult to predict what steps the passion for change will take. It is even more difficult to predict what future Turkish-American relations will be like. "A Stance Against Colonialism: African Cinema" at the Istanbul Design Center 4 November 2017 Hal and former Turkish President Abdullah Gül in 2017 Hal and former Turkish President Abdullah Gül in 2017 Hal and former Turkish President Abdullah Gül in 2017 Hal and former Turkish President Abdullah Gül in 2017 1/5

Haverford Alumni Award | May 2022 New England Yearly Meeting | August 2020 Judith Weller Harvey Quaker Scholar at Guilford College | October 2019 Workshop/Roundtable Discussion at New England Yearly Meeting | August 2018 Moscow | October 2017 Havana, Cuba | March 2017 Paris | Musee Quai Branly | Spring 2016 Jordan Center at NYU | November 2020 Wellesley Friends Meeting | July 2020 Pendle Hill Quaker Center | May 2018 Istanbul | November 2017 Preston, UK | October 2017 United Nations | September 2014 Finland | September 2008

Charts on Structural Violence Jean Zaru's Chart on Forms of Violence Against Palestinians Occupied with Nonviolence: A Palestinian Woman Speaks by Jean Zaru (2008) Possible Responses Forms of Violence Build multiple nonviolent strategies for resistance and confidence building (e.g., Witness for Peace, international solidarity movements, and international protection forces) Expose and delegitimize the violence of the powerful and the state Advocate ban on arms sales and production Advocate human rights and international law Economic boycott Arms embargo Direct Violence Killing (e.g. targeting civilians, political assassinations) Torture Domestic violence Closure, siege Use of civilians as human shields Imprisonment without charge or trial Expulsions House demolitions Advocate economic rights, water rights, land rights, and ecological sustainability Create jobs Advocate fair trade Advocate right sharing of resources Economic Structural Violence Restrictions by Israel (e.g., road blocks, closure, control of roads, house curfew) Unemployment and impoverishment Economic marginalization and exclusion Exploitation of water, land, people’s work Destruction of civil society and infrastructure No protection Advocate political rights according to international law and UN resolutions Advocate human, water, and land rights Advocate for self-determination Political Structural Violence Military occupation Settlements Denial of self-determination, sovereignty, right of return Closures Siege Encagement Fragmentation Media and education strategies building on authentic witness Dialogue Encounter Participation in decision making Learn about Palestinian history and heritage Cultural Structural Violence Stereotyping of Palestinians, Arabs, women in the media, education, language Anti-Arabism Discrimination of women Imposition of other cultures and their value systems (e.g., patriarchal culture, Western culture) Authoritarianism and glorification of militarism/the violence of the state and direct violence Destruction/shelling of cultural heritage sites, both archeological and architectural Expose the political chauvinism of fundamentalist movements and their stand against women, as well as their religious and political exclusivity Contextual and liberation theology based on nonviolence Work for ecumenism and unity Disassociate ourselves from fundamentalisms Education on Islam (e.g., among Christians) Alternative pilgrimages Religious Structural Violence Language (chosenness) Disunity among the churches Christian Zionism Fundamentalisms Demonization of Islam Negation of Arab and Middle Eastern Christians (e.g., pilgrimages without contact with local Christians, missionary movements) Adherence to international environmental conventions and protocols (e.g., Convention on Combating Desertification, Convention of Conservation of Biodiversity, Kyoto Protocol) Adherence to Geneva Conventions which call for protection of natural resources of Occupied Territories Observe international human rights standards which call for clean water and sanitation Support international environmental organizations working in the Occupied Territories Eco-friendly tourism Support greening campaigns in Occupied Territories Recycle, reuse, reduce Environmental Structural Violence Confiscation and destruction of agricultural land Uprooting of trees Pirating and diversion of water resources Restrictions on water well drilling and water capture Dumping of solid and toxic waste in Occupied Territories Settlement sewage onto village lands Restrictions on movement and settles violence prevent farmers access to their lands Damaged infrastructure leads to public health problems such as no clean water and no refrigeration for vaccines Race, Systemic Violence, and Retrospective Justice: An African-American Quaker Scholar-Activist Challenges Conventional Narratives (2020) by Harold d. weaver, jr. The BlackQuaker Project Chart on Selected Direct and Structural Violence against African Americans Direct Violence • Police brutality • Mass incarceration • Expulsion/eviction from homes • Gang violence • Burning of African American churches Economic Structural Violence • Poverty • Unemployment • Inadequate minimum wage • Urban renewal/razing Black neighborhoods • Lack of municipal resources in Black neighborhoods • Redlining residential areas/housing segregation Political Structural Violence • Voter ID Laws • Mandatory minimum sentencing and three-strike laws • Increased use of death penalty • Voter disenfranchisement for ex-felons • Election days on work days • Restricting vote by mail • Militarization of the police force Cultural Structural Violence Appropriation of African culture into mainstream, white culture Stereotyping of people of color in media Destruction of Afrocentric cultural landmarks Construction of Eurocentric, anti-Black monuments and landmarks Omission from and distortion of African American history in the larger US narrative Religious Structural Violence • Islamophobia Environmental Structural Violence • Lead poisoning in tap water (Flint, MI) • Cancer corridor stretch from New Orleans to Baton Rouge, LA • Dangerous chemicals in older homes (asbestos, lead paint, etc.) • Polluted air in urban areas • Food deserts (no availability of fresh food) Health Structural Violence • Racist medical assumptions and practices • Prescription overpricing • Opioid epidemic • Criminalization of drug use • Linkage of health insurance to employment • Increased maternal health risks Educational Structural Violence School-to-prison pipeline Demand that students behave “white” (school policies against Black natural hair) Over-punishment of Black students Omission of accurate African American history from textbooks Few teachers of color, a lack of role models Uneven funding between school districts Secondary-school counselors who demean students of color and their capabilities Lack of high expectations for students of color Racial isolation of school districts

CLICK HERE TO ACCESS THE ARCHIVE All Videos Reproducir video Reproducir video 00:20 Kenneth Akito Oye (Preview) Interview with Dr. Kenneth Akito Oye. MIT Political Scientist, Member of the AFSC Board, and member of Wellesley Friends Meeting. Reproducir video Reproducir video 01:08 Dancan Sabwa (Preview) Interview with Kenyan Quaker, Dancan Sabwa. Born into a Quaker family in Kaimosi, Kenya. Reproducir video Reproducir video 01:28 Joan Countryman (Preview) Interview with Joan Countryman, the first African American graduate of Germantown Friends School, longtime teacher of mathematics and head of academic planning there, lecturer at the Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania, and co-founder of the Oprah Winfrey Leadership School for Girls in South Africa. Reproducir video Reproducir video 01:07 Emma Condori Mamani (Preview) Interview with Bolivian Quaker, Emma Condori Mamani, a member of Santidad Amigos Yearly Meeting. Reproducir video Reproducir video 01:33 James Varner (Preview) Interview with James Varner, President and CEO of the Maine Human Rights Coalition, and a long-time member of the Orono Monthly Meeting. Reproducir video Reproducir video 01:21 Jean Zaru (Preview) Interview with Palestinian Quaker Jean Zaru, a proponent of non-violent resistance, a founding member of Sabeel, the Ecumenical Liberation Theology Center in Jerusalem, and co-founder of the Friends International Center in Ramallah. 01 Mission The Quakers of Color International Archive (QCIA) is a multi-media study-and-research collection. It is intended as the first centralized, comprehensive collection of videos, writings, films, and audio resources by and about Quakers of Color worldwide. 02 History We began with a pilot project in spring 2019, interviewing outstanding Quakers of Color from Africa, the Middle East, Latin America, and the USA. Our first interviewees were Palestinian Friend Jean Zaru, Kenyan Friend Dancan Sabwa, Bolivian Friend Emma Condori Mamani, and pioneering African American Friends Joan Countryman, James Varner, and our director Harold D. (Hal) Weaver. It has grown to include over 22 released interviews with more to come. 03 Availability The QCIA is accessible to scholars, educators, and students who wish a better understanding of the lives, achievements, and contributions of Quakers of Color worldwide to the Society of Friends and to the broader community. Our Advisory Committee Expertise in the selection and preservation processes, to complement the more than 50 years of experience of the Project director in Black history and culture, is already being utilized from the following experts in bibliography, preservation, Africana Studies, Quakerism, and Black Quaker Studies: Robert Cox, the lateDirector of Special Collections and Overseer of NEYM Archives at UMass/Amherst Library. We are forever grateful for his enduring work without which this archive would probably not exist. Emma Lapsansky, Prof. of History and Curator of the Quaker Collection, Emerita, Haverford College. Mary Craudereuff, Current Curator of the Quaker Collection, Haverford College Library. Jordan Landes, Curator of the Friends Historical Library at Swarthmore College. Professor Emma Lapsansky-Werner Jordan Landes Mary Craudereuff

Moscow | October 2017 From Manchester, we flew to Moscow, which Hal had first visited in 1959 as a member of the official USA-USSR youth exchange program, for an international African Studies conference. Hal was participating as presenter and panel co-organizer with his friend Dmitri Bondarenko, Deputy Director of Moscow’s Institute for African Research. Hal has been communicating with Russian scholars in African Studies since 1961 when the pioneering African American scholar, W.E.B Du Bois, gave him a letter of introduction to the Institute’s founding Director, I. I. Potekhin. Update on a significant change in the financing of research on Africa in Russia: the business sector has begun to assume some financing as the Russian government pulls back its funding support. Anne, on her first visit to Russia, was able to visit the Kremlin and Red Square and other historical sights while Hal focused mostly on the conference that drew scholars from Africa, Asia, Europe, and the USA. We visited the campus of Friendship University (see photo above), established in 1960 to aid the decolonization process in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. This university has provided students with training in natural, physical, and health sciences, as well as agriculture and other technical areas that were not available to them in their home countries and elsewhere in most of the world. Our visits to the State Central Museum of the Contemporary History of Russia and a large art gallery provided us with some glimpses into the rich history of Russia. We witnessed what seemed like a popular Putin and a busy Russian economy despite Western sanctions. Perhaps, our biggest surprise was at the iconic Bolshoi Theater, attending the theatrically innovative Hayden opera, ALMIDA (1783). We did not expect two things: (1) to see gay and straight couples and groups simulating sex on stage in a country well known in the USA for its puritanism, homophobia, and anti-gay laws and (2) to learn later that ALMIDA--or for that matter, no Hayden opera--has ever been staged by a major USA opera house, including the Met.

The BlackQuaker Project’s Anti-Violence Resource Guide for Quakers Confronting Systemic Violence The BlackQuaker Project aims, in part, to address the concerns of Quakers of Color. In the USA, at this critical moment, Quakers and People of Color are concerned for their futures. The omnipresence of police violence and uneven effects of the pandemic on communities of color due to systemic racism has resulted in the senseless murders of countless Black people and the increased risk of dying from COVID-19. The BlackQuaker Project has compiled a list of resources (resources to learn about systemic violence, places to donate, and additional ways to support the protests) for the Quaker community, paying special attention to resources that promote the Quaker values of peace with justice and equality with justice. Updated June 19th, 2020. Quaker Resources The Quakers of Color International Archive The Quakers of Color International Archive The Quakers of Color International Archive is a collection of videotaped interviews with Quaker from Palestine to Kenya to the Americas, documenting the stories, achievements, and concerns of Quakers of Color worldwide. This archive, based at the Du Bois Library at UMass Amherst, is useful in understanding the experiences of Quakers of Color from around the world, and it can be found here . We expect to add other media in the near future. Readings from Harvard professors in African American Studies from The Harvard Gazette : Further Readings An open letter to white people just now getting involved in social justice, by Ijeoma Ouma. Letter From a Birmingham Jail , an open letter by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. from his time spent in Birmingham jail. In it he writes "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere". These books on the New York Public Library’s Schomburg Center’s Black Liberation reading list. The 1619 Project , created by the New York Times, aims to reframe America’s history by centering it around Black Americans and racial injustice. The Urban Institute is a nonprofit research organization that shares their research on social and economic policy with anyone looking to address today’s problems and prevent future ones. Campaign Zero has a multitude of resources and data on their website that they use when advocating for policy solutions. How We Rise , a blog launched by The Race, Prosperity and Inclusion Initiative at Brookings discusses the challenges and work that needs to be done to tackle structural racism in the US. We found this post from Camille Busette particularly intriguing. Understanding the Policing of Black, Disabled Bodies by Vilissa Thompson and published by the Center for American Progress. Work in the Intersections: A Black Feminist Disability Framework by Moya Bailey and Izetta Autumn Mobley. Listen What Matters is a documentary narrative mixed with interviews brought to you by the Black Lives Matter movement. The platform creates dialogues promoting freedom, justice, and collective liberation. Strange Fruit , brought to you by NPR and hosted by Dr. Kaila Story and Jason Gardner, explores the topics of pop culture, politics, and life as black and gay in the US. Intersectionality Matters! A podcast hosted by civil rights activist and lead scholar on critical race theory, Kimberlé Crenshaw. Code Switch by NPR talks about race’s role in history to today’s pop culture, and is brought to you by a team of people of color. Watch Free Movies and Documentarie s Educational Videos Available on Streaming Platforms 1/1 Donate WHERE TO DONATE Other Ways to be Actively Anti-Violent VOTE Register to vote here . Find your polling location here . Find your representatives here . The NAACP has set up an easy way to email your House and Senate representatives about COVID-19 justice and criminal justice reforms here . PROTEST Learn how to keep personal safety at protests here Learn how to find protest here Wear a mask! Support Black-Owned Businesses Buy from Black-owned businesses. You can begin to find Black-owned business anywhere in the United States by using the Official Black Wall Street or Support Black Owned directories, though they certainly do not cover all Black-owned businesses. Never Stop Learning Being active on social media and following the news is a great way to find resources, including petitions to sign and people to call for justice. Though there will always be misinformation, it is important to stay up-to-date and engaged on these topics instead of blocking them out. Connect Antiracism Center: Twitter | Instagram Audre Lorde Project: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Black Lives Matter: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Black Women’s Blueprint: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Color Of Change: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Colorlines: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook The Conscious Kid: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Equal Justice Initiative: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook The Movement For Black Lives: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook NAACP: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Showing Up for Racial Justice: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook The BlackQuaker Project would like to thank all the resources we used while compiling this list, especially the resource lists given by Mahindra Humanities Center at Harvard, the New York Public Library’s Schomburg Center Black Liberation Reading List , and The Harvard Gazette .

Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia | New York University | November 2020 Dr. Harold Weaver presented on his forthcoming chapter, “Decolonization and the Cold War: African Student Elites in the USSR in the Early 1960s,” in The Red and the Black: the Russian Revolution and the Black Atlantic. Forthcoming University of Manchester Press, UK, Early 2021 at the "Soviet and Post-Soviet Histories of Race" event sponsored by the Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia at New York University.

We are thrilled to announce the Black Quaker Lives Matter Film Festival & Forum, a first-of-its-kind film festival that aims to educate all about the importance of Quakers of Color who for too long have remained within the margins of the Society of Friends and the wider world. From 12 February 2022, during Black History Month, until Paul Robeson’s 124th birthday, 9 April 2022, we will screen a film centered on a Quaker of Color, with an introduction from a guest expert and a follow-up discussion facilitated by BQP Director Dr. Harold D. (Hal) Weaver. Screenings will take place every other Saturday on Zoom at 1pm ET. REGISTER HERE Our Honorees and Media Click on each to learn more! The Black Quaker Lives Matter Film Festival is co-sponsored by the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) and co-presented with the DEFA Film Library at UMass Amherst , the Coolidge Corner Theater , and the Goethe-Institut Boston . Those to be celebrated include: Mahala Ashley Dickerson, Howard Thurman, and Bayard Rustin, three African American Friends featured in Black Fire: African American Quakers on Spirituality and Human Rights (2011) (edited by Harold D. Weaver Jr., Paul Kriese, and Stephen W. Angell). We will also be celebrating Quakers of Color International Archive (QCIA) Interviewee, South African political leader, anti-aprtheid activist, and newly appointed QUNO-Geneva Director Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge. The festival concludes by honoring prolific artist and human rights activist Paul Robeson and his two centuries of Quaker ancestors. Our first screening will be a unique event, featuring a landmark dialogue between Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge and Palestinian Friend and AFSC General Secretary Joyce Ajlouny, the first two women of color to lead Quaker transnational organizations. The final screening on 9 April will also be presented at the Coolidge Corner Theater in Boston for a simultaneous online and in-person event. Our Guest Experts Joyce Ajlouney AFSC General Secretary & Palestinian Friend Dr. Stephen Angell Earlham School of Religion Johnny Gibbons Life-time law partner of Mahala Dickerson. Walter Nagle Bayard Rustin’s partner and adopted son Dr. Sa’ed Atshan Swarthmore professor, currently writing a book on African American and Palestinian Quakers Joyce Mosley Researcher and descendent of the Bustill-Mapps-Douglass family Dr. Mark Solomon Eminent historian. Dr. Harold D. Weaver Robeson advocate-researcher for over 50 years Write to us at the theblackquakerproject@gmail.com with any questions about the Festival. Peace and blessings, Dr. Harold D. (Hal) Weaver Director of The BlackQuaker Project

COLLABORATION AND ADVOCACY Promoting greater USA Quaker cooperation and collaboration with African and Cuban Quakers, including a major effort to collaborate with Kenyan Quakers in dealing with systemic economic violence and other manifestations of systemic violence often not recognized as violence: poverty, youth unemployment, racism, sexism, homophobia, ageism, and classism. Participating in the governance of a variety of regional, national, and international Quaker organizations and facilitating the participation of people of color in Quaker governance and staff.